Michelle Bock, Area Managing Executive, McGriff
Michelle serves as the Pennsylvania Managing Executive for McGriff. Her primary role is managing and leading four insurance offices, focusing on Employee Benefits, Property & Casualty and Personal Lines insurance solutions for clients. She provides the overall strategic direction for the Pennsylvania operation in alignment with McGriff's corporate mission. She is passionate about providing the perfect client experience for her internal and external clients. Michelle also provides oversight of McGriff's Captive Resource Solutions team. She has worked in the captive space for 26+ years, primarily focusing on group captives. Michelle joined the U.S. Air Force directly out of high school and served four years of active duty. She received her bachelor's degree in marketing and finance from the University of Michigan. She was awarded an Achievement Medal and Commendation Medal from the U.S. Air Force and recognized as an Outstanding Performer during a Department of Defense audit.
Damon S Fraser, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Marsden Holding, LLC
Damon is a Private Company Board Member, Non-Profit Board Member, Private Company Chief Administrative/Legal Officer with experience delivering results, energizing teams and transforming businesses. He propels businesses to achieve long-term sustainable growth through disciplined change management, innovation and strategic investing. As a business leader he builds teams that exceed aggressive performance objectives, he integrates new businesses, and develops people to exceed their individual career goals.
Stacy Hughes, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, ABM Industries
Stacy serves as the SVP and Chief Information Security Officer for ABM Industries.
Niko Johnson, VP of Finance, Pioneer
Niko is an alum of University of Maryland at College Park, graduating with a B.S. in Finance. He obtained his CPA shortly after graduating. Early in his career, Niko worked in a rotational finance program at DuPont. He then moved to New York, joining Grant Thornton in a forensic accounting capacity, where he conducted financial investigations. Niko also held various corporate accounting and FP&A roles before joining Pioneer in 2020.
Ed Killian, VP of Information Technology, The Budd Group
Ed serves as the VP of Information Technology for The Budd Group.
Mike Lunney, CLCs, CPIA, MMRM, Vice President, McGriff
Michael specializes in captive insurance and alternative forms of risk management within the Building Services Industry. He firmly believes every organization deserves more control over their insurance program and should be rewarded for proactive safety/strong culture.
Kevin Rowe, VP/Accounting Executive-Captive Division, McGriff
Kevin has been in the insurance industry for almost 20 years specializing in unique insurance methods for alternative risk transfer concentrating primarily on member owned group captives. Kevin works to help clients transform balance sheet expenses into potential profit centers by utilizing captive insurance models. He has already assisted a few of the current BSCAI members to benefit from this business model.
Ben Van Vlerah, Senior Vice President Commercial Region Manager, Huntington National Bank
Ben Van Vlerah is the Commercial Region Manager leading Middle Market Banking in Illinois and Wisconsin for Huntington Bank. Van Vlerah has dedicated his 25 year career advising executive leadership teams of commercial, family offices and not-for-profit businesses in Illinois and Wisconsin. Van Vlerah started his banking career as a credit analyst and relationship manager on the Middle Market Banking team at American National Bank (Bank One acquired ANB). In 2003 Van Vlerah joined Banco Popular North America to start up their Commercial Banking team. In 2010, Van Vlerah joined FirstMerit Bank which was acquired by Huntington Bank in 2016. At FirstMerit, Van Vlerah was once again tapped to start a Commercial Banking team. Over the next 15 years he developed a team of bankers and is currently Commercial Regional Manager. Van Vlerah earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Knox College. He actively supports and participates in numerous civic organizations including Facing Forward to End Homelessness, Rosecrance and Junior Achievement. He is an active member and board member of the Chicagoland Chapter of YPO.
Jonathan Woloshin, Real Estate & Lodging Analyst, UBS Wealth Management Chief Investment Office
Jonathan has 40 years of industry experience as a securities analyst, having covered virtually every equity sector over the course of his career. His experience extends beyond traditional equity research to include analysis of fixed income, convertibles, options, and derivatives. In addition, Jonathan is experienced in capital structure arbitrage and short selling. Jonathan is a Chartered Financial Analyst® and holds FINRA series 7, 24, 66, 86, and 87 licenses. Jonathan is a member of both the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of New York. Jonathan has been widely quoted in various real estate publications as well as national media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The New Times, Bloomberg, and Forbes. In addition, Jonathan has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Yahoo Finance TV, discussing various aspects of the US real estate sector. Jonathan holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A. in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.